Nick's List of Pop Cultural Stuff - 2021
Music has its own separate list of Faves right here…
TV
Shows enjoyed in the Abadzis household in 2021
(It’s a rule that I never mention Doctor Who because everyone knows I’m biased. Well, if you didn’t before, you do now.)
The White Lotus (HBO)
It’s a Sin (Channel 4 / HBO)
Succession S3 (HBO)
The Outlaws (BBC)
Time (BBC)
For All Mankind (Apple TV)
Foundation (Apple TV)
Starstruck (Channel 4 / HBO)
The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO)
The Girl Before (BBC)
Hacks (HBO)
Folk med ångest AKA Anxious People (Netflix)
Mare of Easttown (HBO)
The Chair (Netflix)
This Way Up S2 (Channel 4 / Hulu)
Never Have I Ever S2 (Netflix)
Vigil (BBC)
The North Water (BBC)
Bob ♥ Abishola ((Paramount+)
Unforgotten S4 (ITV)
Ghosts (BBC / HBO)
Master of None S3 (Netflix)
Back to Life S2 (BBC / Showtime)
Ted Lasso S2 (Apple TV)
Lost in Space S3 (Netflix)
Dopesick (Hulu)
Star Trek: Prodigy (Paramount+)
Katla (Netflix)
If you think there’s something missing that you think I should watch, please don’t email me… I probably just didn’t like it or am waiting ’til the whole series has ended to give it a go (like Line of Duty which the Missus is addicted to but she’s not writing this so there you go).
Marvel shows (Disney+)
(Yes, I have given them their own category)
Hawkeye
Loki
Wandavision
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
What If…?
This order is vehemently disagreed with by my teenage daughter who ranks them thusly:
Hawkeye
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Wandavision
Loki
What If…?
Documentaries (Films and TV series)
The Beatles - Get Back (Peter Jackson, Disney+)
1971 - The Year That Music Changed Everything (Asif Kapadia + others, Apple TV)
Final Account (Luke Holland) (Actually 2020, but missed it until this year.)
Can’t Get You Out of My Head (Adam Curtis, BBC)
Four Hours at the Capitol (BBC / HBO)
The Slow Hustle (Sonja Sohn, HBO)
The Velvet Underground (Todd Haynes)
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (Alex Gibney) (Actually 2019, but missed it until now, and given the recent news about Elizabeth Holmes, it’s really worth seeing.)
FILM
Most Enjoyed Films of 2021
Riders of Justice (Anders Thomas Jensen)
The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)
The Dry (Robert Connolly)
Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)
The Green Knight (David Lowery)
French Exit (Azazel Jacobs)
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)
Breaking News in Yuba County (Tate Taylor)
Limbo (Ben Sharrock)
The Forgotten Battle (Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.) (Actually 2020, but missed it until this year.)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Destin Daniel Cretton)
No Time To Die (Cary Joji Fukunaga)
The Hand of God (Paolo Sorrentino)
In The Earth (Ben Wheatley)
Saint Maud (Rose Glass)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (Jon Watts)
(Didn’t see The Eternals yet.)
Thanks for watching!
